From
Matt Faunce@21:1/5 to
All on Fri Oct 22 02:55:28 2021
The Neapolitan-6 chord can precede the tonic chord. In these cases, instead
of the Neapolitan-6 chord I usually prefer to play a minor chord whose root
is the minor seventh above the tonic tone, e.g., in the key of C major,
I’ll play the Bb minor chord then the C major chord. This preserves most of the feel that I want from the Neapolitan chord but because it has one tone moving contrary to the others it’s richer than the Neapolitan chord.
However, I prefer the Neapolitan-6 chord when going to the dominant chord, because this has contrary motion unlike the vii chord, on the “flat seventh” scale degree, to the V chord.
Here’s a chart.
Richer:
A Neapolitan-6 chord to the V chord *has* contrary motion, e.g., Db major
to G major.
A vii chord, on the “flat seventh” scale degree, to a I chord *has* contrary motion, e.g., Bb major to C major.
Blander:
A Neapolitan-6 chord to the I chord *does not have* contrary motion , e.g.,
Db major to C major.
A vii chord, on the “flat seventh” scale degree, to the V chord *does not have* contrary motion, e.g., Bb major to G major.
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